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Valerie Gunn

Valerie Gunn

Female 1949 - 1991  (42 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Valerie Gunn was born on 13 Oct 1949 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England (daughter of Living and Living); died on 23 Nov 1991 in Fife, Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: DF87C3098EF948EB98DB25DBE1EA0A2458C2
    • Occupation: 15 Dec 1972; Private Secretary
    • Residence: 15 Dec 1972, 5 Oxford Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Notes:

    Valerie was a Private Secretary when she married her Aircraft Pilot cousin, Stanley Prain.

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Living (son of Living and Living).

    Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Living (daughter of James Johnston and Elizabeth Salmond Aitken).
    Children:
    1. Maxwell Gunn was born in 1946 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1958 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
    2. Raymond Henry David Gunn was born on 27 Jan 1946 in 35 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland; died in 2006-2007 in Canada.
    3. 1. Valerie Gunn was born on 13 Oct 1949 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died on 23 Nov 1991 in Fife, Scotland.
    4. Gerard W F Gunn was born in 1960 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died in 1978 in Fife, Scotland.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Living

    Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Living
    Children:
    1. 2. Living

  3. 6.  James Johnston was born in 1893 (son of Robert Johnston and Jessie Cunningham); and died.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 5E8E37AB9A484FC7A13E0C949B698A65384E
    • Residence: 1925, Ballencrieff Farm, West Lothian, Scotland
    • Occupation: 1927; farmer
    • Residence: 1927, Kirkton Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 1927, Ballencrieff Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 1932, Ballencrieff Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 1936, Ballencrieff Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 27 Jul 1944, Lochbank, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland

    Notes:

    James farmed at Kirkton Farm and then Ballencrieff Farm. Whilst at Kirkton he met and then married Elizabeth.

    James later knows as Poppa, became a very successful Dairy Farmer, first in Bathgate later in the Blairgowrie area of Perthshire.. During WWII, whilst farming at Bathgate he made a lot of money selling milk.
    When they were at Blairgowrie his farm was considered a model farm. The Agricultural Department advisors sent young farmers to the farm to really learn how a dairy farm should be run.
    James died relatively young.

    James married Elizabeth Salmond Aitken on 29 Sep 1920 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of John Cunningham Aitken and Margaret Taylor) was born on 13 Jan 1901 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 8 Mar 1988 in Kippen House Private Nursing Home, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Salmond Aitken was born on 13 Jan 1901 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland (daughter of John Cunningham Aitken and Margaret Taylor); died on 8 Mar 1988 in Kippen House Private Nursing Home, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: E5209540FE6849E1A6344D762C4D5CEDC9AD
    • Residence: 1901, Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland
    • Occupation: 29 Sep 1920; farmers daughter
    • Residence: 29 Sep 1920, Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland
    • Residence: 1925, Ballencrieff Farm, West Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 1927, Ballencrieff Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 1932, Ballencrieff Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 1936, Ballencrieff Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 27 Jul 1944, Lochbank, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland

    Notes:

    Informant on the death of Elizabeth Aitken was her daughter Margaret Prain

    Notes:

    Married:
    Witnesses at the wedding were Isa Aitken and William Johnston.

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. 3. Living
    3. Robert Johnston was born on 23 Apr 1925 in Ballencrieff Farm, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 5 Feb 1947.
    4. Elizabeth Salmond Aitken Johnston was born on 13 May 1927 in Ballencrieff Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died in Nov 2005.
    5. Isabella Aitken Johnston was born on 11 Aug 1932 in Ballencrieff Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland; died in Jan 2005 in McAdam, Canada.
    6. Living


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Robert Johnston and died.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 3ECF34627F84453DA5A691F5CDD0DF0A7F97

    Robert married Jessie Cunningham. Jessie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Jessie Cunningham and died.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 86622297CC8E4CA190336BFB7E2D1BD7AECA

    Children:
    1. 6. James Johnston was born in 1893; and died.

  3. 14.  John Cunningham Aitken was born on 14 Oct 1874 in Fallside, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland (son of James Aitken and Moffat Cunningham); died on 7 Aug 1969 in Windy Yett Farm, Avonbridge, Stirling, Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: F6095BC0F2C14005AD2DBAED80951436F2AE
    • Residence: 1881, Fallside North, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
    • Occupation: 13 Mar 1900; Farmer
    • Residence: 13 Mar 1900, Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland
    • Occupation: 1901; farmer
    • Residence: 1901, Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland
    • Occupation: 1902; Turner
    • Occupation: 1936; Farmer
    • Residence: 1936, Windy Yett Farm, Avonbridge, Stirling, Scotland
    • Residence: 24 Jun 1936, Windy Yett Farm, Avonbridge, Stirling, Scotland
    • Residence: 8 Feb 1964, Windy Yett Farm, Avonbridge, Stirling, Scotland
    • Occupation: 8 Aug 1985; farmer, deceased
    • Occupation: 24 Nov 1996; farmer, deceased

    Notes:

    Name: John Cunningham Aitken
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 14 Oct 1874
    Birth Place: Bathgate,West Lothian,Scotland
    Father: James Aitken
    Mother: Moffat Cunningham
    FHL Film Number: 6035516

    The informant of the death of John C Aitken was his son James Aitken

    ------ From Source Attached To: Occupation ------
    Death Cert.
    -----------------------------------------------

    John married Margaret Taylor on 13 Mar 1900 in Boxtonrigghead Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of William Taylor and Elizabeth Salmond) was born on 14 May 1881 in Boxtonrigghead Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 8 Feb 1964 in Royal Beatson Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Margaret Taylor was born on 14 May 1881 in Boxtonrigghead Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland (daughter of William Taylor and Elizabeth Salmond); died on 8 Feb 1964 in Royal Beatson Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: BDEA612014294DF797451CFD5B9C9A4271C2
    • Residence: 1891, Boxtonridgehead, Muiravonside, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    • Occupation: 13 Mar 1900; Housekeeper
    • Residence: 13 Mar 1900, Boxtonrigghead Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland
    • Residence: 1901, Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland
    • Residence: 24 Jun 1936, Windy Yett Farm, Avonbridge, Stirling, Scotland
    • Residence: 8 Feb 1964, Windy Yett Farm, Avonbridge, Stirling, Scotland

    Notes:

    Witnesses to their wedding were James Aitken and Agnes Taylor

    Notes:

    Married:
    Witnesses to the wedding of John Aitken and Margaret Taylor were James Aitken and Agnes Taylor

    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth Salmond Aitken was born on 13 Jan 1901 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 8 Mar 1988 in Kippen House Private Nursing Home, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland.
    2. James Aitken was born on 18 Aug 1902 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 19 Dec 2000 in Barleystone Cover Nursing Home, West Quarter, Polmont, Stirling, Scotland.
    3. William Taylor Aitken was born on 24 Jul 1904 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 26 Apr 1978 in Marjoribank Street, Bathgate, West lothian, Scotland.
    4. Isabella Moffat Aitken was born on 2 Nov 1906 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 17 Jun 2001 in Kildean Hospital, Stirling, Scotland.
    5. John Aitken was born on 20 May 1909 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 8 Aug 1985 in Falkirk Royal Infirmary, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
    6. Margaret Taylor Aitken was born on 1 Jun 1910 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 25 May 2004 in St John's Hospital, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.
    7. Jean Taylor Aitken was born on 8 Dec 1911 in Hareburn Farm, Muiravonside, Stirling, Scotland; died on 24 Nov 1996 in Falkirk Royal Infirmary, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
    8. Living